| Reference number | CLP/15i/26 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Some observations about shining flesh' by Robert Boyle |
| Date | 15 March 1672 |
| Description | Boyle describes how one of his maids was surprised to find something 'luminous [...] where the meat had been hung up before' in the larder. He observes the meat, a neck of veal, and finds it to 'shine like rotten wood or stinking fish'. He writes that the parts that shone the most were 'some gristly or soft parts of the bones' and part of a tendon. Followed by a draft with annotations in ink throughout.
Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some observations about shining flesh, made by the Honourable Robert Boyle; Febr. 15. 1671/72. and by way of letter addressed to the publisher, and presented to the R. Society'
Read to the Royal Society on 20 March 1672 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1672.0054 |
| Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 7, no 1672, p 5108 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/4/43 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8137 | Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist | 1627 - 1691 |